Kasparov warns America against Moscow

President Obama's trips to London and Europe are as much damage repair from the Monkey's mess as it is drumming up support for our problems in Afghanistan and Iraq. Concensus is the President aced the former but EU leaders budged nary a centimeter on the latter cause.

There are lots of photos of the First couple meeting with the English monarchy. There's even one with the President palling around, as Mrs Palin might put it, with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to whom the New York Times discovered he sent a secret letter weeks ago. Speculation is that the letter was an intimate attempt at brokering some alliance against Iran which is itching for a fight.

President Obama "palling around", as racist Mrs Palin might put it, with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Communists AND fascists...oh my!!

According to Gary Kasparov, a man who knows more a than a thing or two about strategic plays, this move is ironic and ass-backwards as oil revenues sustain the current Russian regime which he believes is on the skids. "It is in [Putin's] interests to increase tensions in the Middle East as a way of driving up global oil prices," Mr Kasparov wrote in the Wall Street Journal last month (March 5th).

Contrary to American news reports and sentiments Mr Kasparov cautions---strongly---against cozying up to Moscow. "The West must not be tempted by a desire to maintain comfortable relations with the current government in charge of Russia" because "in all likelihood Mr Putin will not be around that much longer" and presumably neither will his greedy billionaire cronies.

It is in [Putin's] interests to increase tensions in the Middle East

The Russian economy may be on the skids and its bureaucracy in convulted shambles but with an over-confident Iran in the wings American forces can hardly contend with introducing another player into this Middle East tragedy playing out now. Moreover, with attendance already low it is foolish to count on European allies wanting to buy in on this act.